Kathmandu: With just a day left for expiry of
the Constituent Assembly`s term, President Ram Baran Yadav
today asked top parties to forge consensus on the continuation
of the House tasked with drafting a new Constitution, failing
which Nepal will plunge into a "bigger political crisis".

People had elected the Constituent Assembly to draft a new
Constitution, a task which has remained incomplete, Yadav was
quoted as saying by his press adviser Rajendra Dahal.

"If the Constituent Assembly is dissolved, the country
will plunge into a bigger political crisis," he said.

As there is no other way to write the Constitution, the
Constituent Assembly must be saved, said the President, who
met Maoist chief Prachanda, Nepali Congress acting President
Shushil Koirala ad CPN-UML president Jhala Nath Khanal this
morning.

Earlier, the talks held between the opposition Maoists
and the ruling alliance including Nepali Congress and CPN-UML
to strike a deal did not make much progress last night.